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writing this from Europe - Prague city. I was in USA also and I can compare traffic in Pune with advanced cities like newyork, prague etc. We need some lateral thinking here, everytime we cry that we dont have dicipline, that is not the case. Let me explain.I guess traffic rules in India are designed in 1947 ( or 1857?) or so. There is vast difference in vehicles at that time and now. At that time there were very few 2 wheelers and 3 wheelers. If you see any traffic jam in pune, it is mainly because 2 wheelers and 3 wheelers trying to go ahead of each other. These vehicles are designed to manuver easily and they can slip in small gaps between other big vehicles. My point here is we need some new rules exclusively for 2 and 3 wheelers, have seperate lanes for them, try to discourage using this by increasing standards of mass transport ( of course this idea is not good for BAL). Here in prague, you can travel from any where to anywhere using mass transport system. You get any tram or bus or metro within not more than 3 min. Traffic police - if they concentrate on regulating traffic instead of collecting fine, there will be much difference. I heared some explanation about absense of traffic police at main sqares that there are few manpower than number of vehicles. This is disguise because we dont want a police for each vehicle but we need at least one for each square, and in my knowledge number of roads or squares in Pune have not increased. So police dept needs to set priorities whether they want fine collection or regularise traffic. If they want to increase fine collection , they can fine the ones who spit on road, instead of picking the poor mans 2 wheelers with crains etc. No they are not obstructing traffic. To conclude1) First try to improve mass transport.2) Have new rules - especially for 3 wheelers autos, one suggestion here is the 'way of right'. If it is clearly defined who gets the 'right of way' like advanced countries have, things will be more smooth.3) Have at least 1 police in main squares and reverse his responsibility ( he should not collect cash but only regularise traffic.)Thats what i think,

I think all punekars to take oath for the dicipline that we will regulate the traffic rules. The Traffic rules are mainly not followed by North Indians who have migrated for job, or education. If you see the behaviour of these people particularly in the places like paud road, you will agree. These people to be punished well to improve the conditions

I think all punekars to take oath for the dicipline that we will regulate the traffic rules. The Traffic rules are mainly not followed by North Indians who have migrated for job, or education. If you see the behaviour of these people particularly in the places like paud road, you will agree. These people to be punished well to improve the conditions

Only north indians? I don't think so! I know they should be prevented for making pune a better place but when issues like security and road-safety are concerned, i don't think ONLY NIs are responsible. Assuming that would only close our eyes towards reality. How many times have we seen the "real sons of soil" getting involved in robberies and breaking rules such as traffic rules! Just open any newspaper and look at the crime scenario. The first and foremost in this race are Muslims. Second, people who are "sons of land". I don't deny that NIs are appearing quite frequently in this list. But people whose only qualification is becoming prominent in all sorts of elections, people who are qualified only as "estate agents", people who "claim" to be either from so-called-downtrodden society (and therefore get license to live anywhere in the city and behave in any way they want) and people whose ego is so big (because once they were "warrior" people) that nobody should ask them about obeying any rule; who are these people? They are Maharashtrians, right? Also I am sceptical about comments of "Rasik Punekar". Separate lanes for two and three wheelers, you say? Ever seen how the Punekars drive in wrong (actually opposite) lanes (probably to save petrol)? Ever seen two, three and four wheelers travelling in the route reserved for BRT? Ever seen such enthusiasm in any other city for NOT using a helmet? Know what? These are "rotten" people with "rotten" mentality. I just heard a news about a person getting killed with one of his kids on a motorcycle. Also injured were two more of his kids. So why should i feel bad? How many people were travelling on that bike? Four. A routine scene on any city route. People travel on their bikes with such alarming gallant behaviour carrying infants in two, three numbers that we (who travel alone beside them) feel scared.

Almost 10% of the global road traffic accidents occur in India. Much of the world wide web is full of sarcasm & mocking of the indisciplined driving on Indian roads. Unfortunately in since 60 years since independence the authorities have failed to publish a National Highway code. Licences are given to anyone who can demonstrate an ability to use the clutch-accelerator, consequently the motoer driving schools teach just that and no more. Concepts such as - blindspots, principle of MSM, the tyre & tarmac rule, 2 second gap and most improtantly giving way are not known to the average Indian driver.

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